Archie Shepp - A Sea of Faces (1975 Italian Black Saint BSR 0002 Original Gatefold LP, First Pressing)

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Archie Shepp - A Sea of Faces | Vinyl LP - 1975 Black Saint Original First Pressing, Gatefold (BSR 0002)

Giacomo Pellicciotti founded Black Saint Records in Milan in 1975; this album was the label's second release and was recorded the same year at Phonogram Studios. The ensemble brought together Dave Burrell on piano, Cameron Brown on bass, Beaver Harris on drums, trombonist and vocalist Charles Greenlee, vocalists Bunny Foy and Rafi Taha.

Shepp plays tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, piano and voice across the four tracks, though he did not write most of the material. "Hipnosis," which fills the entire Side A, is Grachan Moncur III's, an obsessive, repeated bass figure that rarely shifts key; the theme appears only fifteen minutes in, and the tension is maintained almost entirely through Shepp's improvising and Burrell's percussive comping alongside Greenlee's trombone. "Song for Mozambique" was written by Semenya McCord with a poem by Shepp. Foy sings in the foreground while Shepp recites over Cameron Brown's bass. "I Know 'Bout the Life," by Aishah Rahman and Shepp, is the Soul-Jazz ballad of the set, Foy again on vocals and Shepp at the piano. "Lookin' for Someone to Love" is by Cal Massey, the Philadelphia composer who wrote "Father and Son" and "Assunta" for Freddie Hubbard's Hub Cap session in 1961.

This is the original first pressing on black and white Black Saint labels, with a gatefold sleeve.